White US veteran charged with murder 'targeted black men'

A white US army veteran accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old homeless black man in New York was charged Thursday with second-degree murder as a hate crime, after telling police he was planning a race-based killing spree. James Jackson, 28, is also facing a charge of criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Monday night’s incident near the city’s main Port Authority bus terminal. The attack comes as several major US cities including New York are grappling with an increase in hate crimes.